31G Synopsis of the Genus Achatinella. 



Consul-General of France," as displayed upon these shells, 

 proved quite sufficient to deceive their describer, and lead to a 

 wrong " diagnosis." 



The animal is strongly granulated above ; when young, of a 

 pale flesh, when adult, of a slate color, with the tentacular 

 sheaths of a dark slate. 



35. A. simulaiis Reeve. Mod. pi. 2, fig. 15. 



" decora Pfr. non Per. Mon. III. p. 465. 



The large number of this species collected in the valley of 

 JSTieu, without any admixture of the typical decora, establishes 

 the correctness of Mr. Reeve in giving it a distinct place as a 

 good species. Dr. Pfeiffer in Malak. Blatt., June 1854, p. 125, 

 admits it as such. 



36. A. beflBa Reeve. Mon. pi. 3, fig. 17. 



Animal of a uniform yellowish white, with slate colored ten- 

 tacles. 



3V. A. eoBorata Reeve. Mon. pi. 3, fig. 18. 

 " ustulata (Newc. MSS.) Pfr. Mai. Blat. p. 136. 



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Animal superiorly of a dingy blue; foot fringed with dark 

 slate, posteriorly rounded ; tentacles short, dark colored ; when 

 in motion but slightly exserted; movements rather lively. 



38. A. biliraeata Reeve. Mon. pi. 3, fig. 22. 



" pulcherrima Reeve non Swains. Mon. pi. 3, fig. 21 and 22. 

 " Byronii Reeve non Gray. " " " " 



" pulcherrima Pfr. non Swains. Mon. III. p. 460. 



I have for a long time considered A. hilineata Reeve, as a 

 synonym of the A. pulcherrima Swains, of Reeve's Monograph. 



